Hague’s team mate Luke Cutts was pushed into a disappointing fourth with 5.35m.

Chesterfield’s Alicia Barrett retained her 100m hurdles title.

The 20-year-old got off to a good start to edge away from Megan Marrs, who had looked threatening in the heats.

Barrett has yet to attain the qualifying time for the European Championships but has three weeks remaining to do so.

Doncaster’s Beth Dobbin broke the Championship best to win the 200m. Dobbin represents Scotland and claimed the new national record and will be seen as a genuine medal prospect in the European Championships.

Dobbin’s athletics career was shaped as a schoolgirl by Doncaster Athletic Club. A prominent but not outstanding athlete, she went to Loughborough and then moved to Edinburgh where she has gone from strength to strength.

City of Sheffield’s Joe Dunderdale finished second in the javelin with a throw of 67.53m while Sheffield’s Natalie Myers claimed bronze in the 5,000m walk (26:39.76).

Grant Plenderleith reached the 400m final and finished seventh overall while Sheffield’s Tyler Campbell was fourth in the hammer with a 69.97m throw.